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Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GPT-5.4 mini

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 64.0 to 36.5.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index33.145.0
Released—2026-03-17
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$4.50
Results tracked1746

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Coding11121438
FrontierCode—27%
LMArena WebDev—1397
SciCode—49.9%
WeirdML—60.3%
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
DeepResearch Bench—36.3%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts11131424
ARC-AGI-2—18.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—37.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—61.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
CritPt—10%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Thematic Generalization—61.7%
Mystery Game Puzzles—11%
DTBench—80%
LMCA—40.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—148.84
ForecastBench—57

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Math11351419
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—51.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—9.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—88.9%
ProofBench—21%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—28.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Expert10961435
GPQA Diamond—86.9%
SimpleQA Verified—29.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Vision—1245

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Non-English11211405
LMArena Chinese11321446
LMArena French11571440
LMArena German11141409
LMArena Japanese10831374
LMArena Korean10551368
LMArena Russian11181417
LMArena Spanish11401405

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Instruction Following11181405

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Longer Query11301407

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)

BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Text11561412
LMArena Creative Writing11471370
LMArena Multi-Turn11181429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1665

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and GPT-5.4 mini share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.

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